Dry Saunas for Lyme

    I have not been able to find a good link explaining the detoxifying benefits of the dry sauna. However, it does increase an effective sweat to help speed up the process of  detoxing. Anyone close by have one? :)

new treatment plan tomorrow!

     Tomorrow I start a new treatment plan. This will run two weeks on, two weeks off. The two weeks on kill spirochetes and the two weeks off give my immune system a chance to get a workout. As I go through the two weeks off, (holiday, it's called), my immune system takes over and continues to work on the spirochetes and get stronger. This is the 'pulse' system. I am so happy to report I just went through a 17 day holiday, the longest yet, and had minimal fatigue, pain and temperatures. I did have to work on decreasing the inflammation in my spinal cord, and that has been very successful. Again, a good sign.
     Over the summer I had a number of fevers lasting two weeks and more. This is the spirochetes fault, they can be the reason for most fevers. I am now going to attack the biofilms as best as possible over the next four months. Then back to D.C. to report how I have done.
     This plan is multi-faceted, attacking biofilms and other forms of spirochete defense systems, such as the cyst form, and the intracellular form. This is not your typical bacteria. They are SMART . Biofilms are very difficult to break up. The treatment plan will find these forms, sending the spirochetes into a flurry of activity. I'll go through a go around of symptoms and detoxing, (or Herxing). 
     I will continue with my HOT Epsom salt baths and sweating the best I can. This is the best way to detox, through your skin. I wish I could run, but just pushing the vacuum around makes me sweat. Maybe my house will be super clean.
     Each time I finish a holiday, and start a new treatment plan, I should feel less and less symptoms and Herxing. If not, we keep attacking. I have a feeling I will respond well, and be able to decrease my regiment after my next appointment. This is just a feeling of course, only time will tell. So, here I go, all I can say to myself is "sweat, baby, sweat!" Right, Liz! And, " hang though".

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Lyme Around the World

      Blogging is fairly new to me, although when I look back, I have written  a number of blogs. Time flies. At first I was just plain excited to know people from around the world were reading my blog. The number of countries keeps growing as I go along. Countries from N. America, Europe, Eastern Europe, Down Under, and India. I was and am pleased to be a help (I hope) to everyone. Then, last night as I was falling asleep, it hit me like a brick. Lyme is world wide! Of course I knew that, from reading, but it really HIT me last night. I was no longer excited, but became concerned and extremely compassionate about the fact people from all over the world are suffering from this infection/parasitic invasion of our bodies. The strains are slightly varied around the world and even here, but the symptoms are the same, and the lack of treatment goes unspoken. It saddens me.  

Ticks and outdoor temperatures

    As I picked two ticks off my cat yesterday, I was reminded of the fall desperation of ticks. If they have not gotten their blood meal yet they are out for blood!  Ticks can live all winter in warmer climates. However, in Maine, if we get freezing temperatures, (sometimes below zero for a long stretch...) they die or hibernate. However, when temperatures reach over 40 degrees, out they come. Ticks are active in temperature 40 degrees and over. Last year we had a warm winter and there were a lot of people and pets who got bit. Even if it freezes, then warms, out they come. Ticks only need one blood meal to reproduce the large batches of babies in the spring. If they have not gotten it, they come out looking for it. Just FYI.

Inflammation in Lyme

     Inflammation. Ouch, it hurts. But what came first? The chicken or the egg? Inflammation or the tick bite?

     Here is a formula I learned from a nurse at the Jemsek Clinic:

     BUGS = TOXINS=INFLAMMATION=SYMPTOMS

     The answer is the BUGS come first. It is the TOXINS from the spirochetes that cause INFLAMMATION.  Toxins must be detoxed out of your body. As a matter of fact, when I had my first appointment with Dr. Jemsek he told me he could not start treatment until we got my inflammation under control.  Antibiotic treatment brings out the spirochetes, which increase toxins, which increases inflammation, which increases symptoms. If we had started treatment right away, the killing of of the spirochetes would increase the toxins in my body and cause even more inflammation. That may have been too much for me. I spent the first three to four months detoxing and decreasing inflammation. I did this by taking a number of supplements including Magnesium Malate, B12 sublingual, Methylfolate, green teas, Epsom salt baths, and a number of other things. I also went on a strict diet meant to decrease inflammation. This was a gluten free/sugar free diet. A challenge. I was encouraged to use Stevia for my sugar. I took a number of naturally occurring supplements, found in our cells, to develop a health immune system.Within a few months, my inflammation was down to a level that he could work with.
     All in all, it has proven to be a winning combination.